[xep-support] validation.bat fails randomly

[Mark Giffin]

I'm using XEP 4.19 build 20110304 on Windows 7 Pro. I'm using the XEP 
validate.bat on a large (59 MB) FO file, and I get a different result 
each time I run the validation. Here are a few I ran in succession with 
no changes to the FO file:

C:\aa-xml\build>validate output.fo
file:/C:/aa-xml/build/output.fo: line 24972
Attribute 'leader-pattern' cannot have a value of "".

output.fo: 1 error

C:\aa-xml\build>validate output.fo
file:/C:/aa-xml/build/output.fo: line 24937
Attribute 'leader-pattern' cannot have a value of "".

output.fo: 1 error

C:\aa-xml\build>validate output.fo
file:/C:/aa-xml/build/output.fo: line 25001
Attribute 'text-align-last' cannot have a value of ""

output.fo: 1 error

C:\aa-xml\build>validate output.fo
file:/C:/aa-xml/build/output.fo: line 24972
Attribute 'leader-pattern' cannot have a value of "".

output.fo: 1 error
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Also, the errors being complained about are not errors. For example the 
first error on line 24972 about leader-pattern having a value of "", on 
that line in the FO file there is this non-empty value:

<fo:leader leader-pattern="dots"/>

And so on. If I edit one or two of these "errors" I can get it to 
validate, but then it fails on validation when I run XEP to produce the PDF.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Mark


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